Photograph-holder.



No. 844,901. PATENTED FBB.19,1907.

' E. H. SMITH.

PHOTOGRAPH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1905.

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ELMER H. SMITH, OF OHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCON SIN PHOTOGRAPH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed May 11, 1905. Serial No. 259,902.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELMER H. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chippewa Falls, in the county of Chippewa, State ofl/Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPhotograph-Holders and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to whlch it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to a plcture-holder or card-support.

One object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly simple,inexpensive, durable, and efficient device for the support of pictures,cards, or the like.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a device ofthe character and for the purposes named wherein a single piece ofmaterial is employed.

WVith these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of mymvention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of another form. Fig. 3 is similarview of still another form.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, and particularly to Figs. 1and 2, it will be seen that my device consists of a single piece of wirehaving one end bent upon itself to form the cross member 1 at the rearof the support or holder, the wire having an intermediateupwardly-directed kink whose inner or rear portion 2 inclines upwardlyto the top of the front or outer perpendicular portion 3, the extremityof the material opposite the cross member 1 being curved backwardly, asat 4, toward the straight of perpendicular portion 3 and then outwardly,as at 5, the bight 6, formed by the said inward and outward bends,providing a spring projection or hook for engagement with the outer faceof the photograph, card, or the like, whose rear face is engaged withthe straight or perpendicular portion 3, whereby the photograph, card,or the like may be clamped firmly by the support. It will be observedthat the bight 7, between the inclined and perpendicular portions 2 and3, respectively, is higher than the portion 5 at the outer extremity ofthe support or holder. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the leg portion 8 ofthe wire is designed to lie in the same horizontal plane with the crossmember 1 and the bot tom 9 of the hook formed by the bight 6, whereas inthe form shown in Fig. 2 the inclined portion 2 does not extenddownwardly as far as the portion 2 and the leg portion 8 is directedupwardly toward the said inclined portion. In Fig. 2 it will be seenalso that the perpendicular portion 3 extends to an equal distance aboveand below the portion 8, of substantially the same length as the portion3. With the exception of the differences just mentioned, the forms shownin Figs. 1 and 2 are alike.

In Fig. 3 the cross member 10 is bent from the single piece of materialand directed upon opposite sides of the body portion 11 as in the otherforms described, but the aforesaid intermediate kink is eliminated, theleg portion 11 simply extending upwardly upon an incline from the crosspiece or member 10 and then bent downwardly to form the foot 12, thencedirected upwardly and inwardly, as at 13, and then outwardly, as at 14.

The three forms of the invention are composed of a single piece ofmaterial, and while I have stated that wire is used, it is to beunderstood that other material may be used, if desired.

What is claimed is A device of the class described comprising a singlestrand of wire bent at one of its ends to support an article and havingits opposite end portion bent laterally at right angles to its mainportion, and thence bent upon itself to form a single leg extending inparallel relation to the right angularly-bent portion and beyond itsmain portion.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses,

ELMER H. SMITH.

Witnesses:

A. F. COLEMAN, H. H. Tonn.

